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"PETERS, FHOTO-LIYHOGEAPHER. WASHINGTON D C f companyingh n references t Methetemple.

JEREMIAH o; Timon. oF sANBoRivToNl BRIDGE, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

Tumori, of `Sanbornton Bridge;` in the county of i i Belknapand Statefof NewHampshire, have inventedd a newand usefulfor Improved Loom-Temple;andlfdohereby declare that M the same is fully describedv` and represented ini1 the "following specifiation and the acdrawings," letters, figures, and ereof. f

Of such drawings, `Figure 1, denotes a i ,topfview of one of" my improved temples,

andi itisrshoe orlholder, FigIQ, is a side ele#` vationof the same,vsaid,two"gures being also made to exhibitthemanner in? which! the templ'eis appliedf to* the selvage of a piece ofcloth,` whilethesaidcloth islbeing woven by a loom. Fig. 3, is afront end view ofthe temple. Fig. 4, ai rear end view of it.

Fig. 5, atop view ofthe shoe orholdeljand Fig. 6, avertical and longitudinal section of s `In these drawingsfA; denotes whatI` term l a separated spring hook; it being formed of i I j a thin` plate ofmetal` or steel, and with its 4front end bent downward in the form of a hook and serrated or provided with sharp teeth somewhat like a comb as seen at a,

i; `y in` Figs. 2, 3 and." Operating in connec? tion withthe `said partfA, is what may be termedfthe spring cloth bender B, it being y "a broad thin metallioor steel plate or spring.

"It is applied to the underside of theshank of the spring hook A, when the loom is in operation the selvageoffthe cloth passes between the two partsA and B, as exhibited in Figs. `1 and2; wherein C, represents the cloth. The cloth benderB, bends the cloth .upward in` rear ofthe teeth a, in the manner shown inF ig. `2, it servino' to insure the seizure of the cloth by `the teeth. The two parts A, and B, are confined together at their rear ends by means of a set screw D, which passes throughslots (madethrough both the parts A, B, as seen at E) and has anut E, screwed upon it as seen in` Figs. l, 4f and 6. By means of the said slots," screw andnut, the` distance of the front end of the clothbenderByfrom the points of the. teeth can readily" `e adjusted sas circumstances may require. j The shoe or holder for supporting the temple upon the breast beam of a `loom is shown at G. Itis provided with clasps "or projections 19,13, 6,1), which areturned upward from it, and are bent, `so as to extend TEMPLE For. Looms.

i Specica'tion of` Letters Patent No. 12,879, dated May 15, 1855.

' `over the upper surface of the part A, as:

seen in the drawings".V That portion of' they temple which" is embraced and heldy by the jclaspspis made with paralleledges, as" shownL iat @,d ande f, in Fig. l. Fromthepoints lc and e` towardthe front end of the temple the parts A, B, are reduced in size, asy

lshown at d, g, 71; and e, 7c, c' so as tormake Iso narrow asthat when itis moved back `ward so as to bring its fronthalf directly between andwithin the clasps off theholder t-he temple or parts A, B, may' be? readily? removed from them` or* lifted from the the `parts' A, B, such parts may not onl either be removed easily from thel handle" orapplied thereto, but-` are free t'o belmovedf `backward as occasion may require during;

the movements of the layoftheloomto-fY eoy ;wardf the breast beam. This also" enables the `parts A, B, tobe used, in either' of the `the cloth, and fixed to the breast beam, an advantage which will be apparent to weavers. The forward movement of the parts A and B, is arrested by the nut of their screw bringing up against the shoe or holder. Y

The above described temple has been found to bevery efficient in operation, the Asimplicity of `its construction and the manner in which it is affixed to the cloth and the breast beam of a loom givesto it several important `advantages over many if not all other kinds of loom temples heretofore used. The part A of the temple may sometimes be employed as a temple without havingthe bender B, applied `to it. It is not however under such circumstances certain to seize the cloth, particularly when the `latter is of a thick or hard texture. With "the spring cloth bender the serrated spring hook A, is sure in `its hold upon the cloth, the inclination of its hook causing it to rise out ofv and slip forward on the cloth as fast as the latter is moved backward during the weaving process.

I am aware that it has been customary to make a temple with two inflexible jaws, one of which is forced down upon the other by means of a spring, the jaws being simply indented or scored in order to enable them to hold the cloth. Insuch a temple iowing to the inflexiblity of the aws and the manner in which they were formed, it has bef come necessary, when the loom is in operation to raise the upper from the lower jaw, by means of cam applied to the lay, or by means of a cam so applied and a lever hinged to the breast beam, the said cam or cam and lever being made to operate or strike against a projection from the,upper jaw. A temple of this kind is soon liable to become deranged or get out of order, the same being occasioned by the constant blows which it receives from the cam on the layand in order to enable it to hold the cloth between its aws, a very powerful spring has to be applied to it. I am also aware that a stationary spur plate having pins so inclined at an angle to the breast beam as not only to allow the cloth to be drawn over the tops of said pins as the lay beats up, but to prevent the cloth from receding, during the backward motion of the lay has been used as a temple, and that said stationary spur plate has had a stationary pin projectedV from it to bear the cloth down upon its spurs. In this latter temple, both pin spur plate and spurs were inflexible or immovable while being used and although they might be employed as a temple on very plain or smooth cloth, yet in many kinds of cloth, particularly, that presenting an uneven surface or one of variable thickness, they will not properly accommodate themselves to such as is the case with a serrated spring hook and a spring cloth bender as applied and made to operate together substantially as hereinbefore stated. I would also remark that such a hook and cloth bender by means of their flexibility and the particular posit-ion of thev teeth of the former, dispense entirely with any contrivance applied to the lay for elevating the hook and consequently a temple so oonstructed not only works smoother than the jaw temple, but is not liable to derangement like it from blows of the lay.

I lay no claim to the spring jaw temple made and operated as above described; nor do I claim the stationary or inflexible spur plate temple made of a rigid bar provided with pins or points inclined at an angle to the direction in which the lay beats upbut,

I claim- The combination of the serrated spring hook and the spring cloth bender as applied and made to operate together substantially in manner as specilied.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my signature this eighteenth day of J anuary, A. D. 1855.

JEREMIAH C. TILTON.

Witnesses:

CUTTING FoLLANsBY, BENJAMIN M. COLLEY. 

